Chapter 113: The Flash ~ Fury Rogue ~ Part Two
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By the time Barry had rushed back to S.T.A.R. Labs with Leo and a limp Kara, Lily was wide-eyed and still calling for Jax. "Kara!" Oliver rushed from the console to help Barry take his fiancée.
"Hurts," Kara whimpered, curling into Oliver.
Cisco's eyes widened when he saw the green flickering through her veins. "DeVoe had Kryptonite?"
"It wasn't DeVoe," Barry shook his head. "We were hit by a sonic scream."
"Like Laurel and Purity?" Dig asked in surprise.
"That was the other woman I saw in that dark valley place, right?" Sam asked Lena.
"Yeah, that was Julia," Lena confirmed.
"Well, I don't know a Purity," Leo said, watching Oliver sit Kara on one of the tables nearby. "I know an Earth-X metahuman with that ability."
Oliver frowned. "The only Earth-X meta you said had that ability was – "
He trailed off, and Barry looked at Leo with wide eyes when he nodded grimly. "You said she was
"Murdered, but yes," Leo nodded. "She
"I'm lost," Dig held up his hand.
"Laurel's Earth-X doppelgänger," Barry explained.
"Let me guess, a New Reichsmen right with Slade and Malcolm?" Palmer raised an eyebrow.
"Nope," Leo popped the "p." "Became so jealous of Overgirl that she sabotaged a super serum given to her that destabilized her so much it led to her needing a heart transplant from your Kara. For that betrayal, Black Arrow cut out her heart and gave it to his new wife as a wedding present."
"Oh, my God," Sam covered her mouth.
"That's
"That's Earth-X for you, unfortunately," Terrill sighed.
"Then how is sheLily demanded, her eyes wide.
Terrill rubbed his forehead. "A few days ago, the Freedom Fighters discovered a warehouse that was former property of the New Reich. In the lower levels, we found machinery that could create direct duplicates of high-ranking members of the Reich."
"Cloning chambers?" Oliver asked in shock.
"Exactly," Terrill nodded. "The hypothesis formed by our scientists was that when one of the Reichsmen lost their life, that was when their clone started being created. We know each of the New Reichsmen had sensors on them that signaled when their hearts stopped beating. When we were able to crack the cloning chambers open, we found the clones of Black Arrow, Overgirl, the Terminator, the Magician, and Prometheus were unfinished. One chamber hadn't even begun creating a clone yet, but another one had finished long before we got there."
"Laurel's," Kara whispered.
"Why a traitor?" Mick frowned.
"Yeah, from what you said, there's no way Black Arrow would have wanted a clone of Laurel," Iris agreed.
"Maybe not the traitor," Terrill shook his head. "But this clone we've been working on tracking is the Bloody Banshee through and through. She's an assassin, completely ruthless, and completely devoted to bringing down those who oppose the New Reich. Our scientists dated the cloning chambers as created before Laurel ever turned coat."
Barry frowned. "So who was the last chamber for?" he asked. "If you said it was before Laurel turned coat, Thawne wasn't on Earth-X then . . . was he?"
"No," Leo shook his head. "He wasn't. There was another Reichsman, one who served directly as Overgirl's right hand until the Magician took his place."
"And a Reichsman that, until now, the Freedom Fighters thought was dead," Terrill said grimly. "The same Reichsman I was fighting before you came and got us."
Leo turned and gave Barry a pointed look. "A Reichsman who had to be fast enough to stick Kryptonite in Supergirl."
Barry's face drained of all color, and he collapsed into a nearby chair. "You've gotta be kidding," Oliver got it quickly, too.
"We wouldn't kid about this," Terrill shook his head.
"Who?" William asked in a small voice.
"A Nazi forensic scientist who rose to New Reichsman after he developed the super serum for Overgirl and was found to be a metahuman with superhuman speed," Leo answered; Cisco squeaked and Iris's jaw dropped. "Barry Allen, also known as – "
"Blitzkrieg," Barry finished in a whisper. "Oh, my God."
"How did you missbeing alive?" Palmer demanded.
"Because when Thawne arrived on Earth-X, Blitzkrieg went missing," Leo answered. "Everyone, the New Reichsmen included, thought that meant Thawne had killed the other speedster."
"With how much Thawne hates me, that's not a surprise," Barry admitted with a sigh.
"So after the New Reichsmen fell on Earth-1, he started the chambers to clone them and released the Banshee?" Oliver asked.
"As far as we can tell, that's what's happened," Terrill nodded. "We haven't exactly been able to have a civil conversation with either of them."
"You know, since neither of them are too pleased with those responsible for their leaders' deaths, present company included," Leo gestured around the room.
"And now they've got Jax and Sara," Lily whispered, burying her face in her hands.
"And Caitlin and Joe and Fallout," Barry shook his head, turning to Cisco. "Is there any way of finding them?"
"No," Cisco shook his head. "We can't even track Fallout because that hazmat suit is hiding his radiation signature, so the satellite can't even find him unless he heats up."
"Well, doppelgängers aside, the Banshee and Blitzkrieg have my cold gun, the Legends' guns, and a nuke, and their thirst for vengeance won't prevent them from using either one on us or all of you now," Leo looked around.
"Well, I'm calling backup," Lily declared, taking her phone out. "Wally's still on thebut the more speedsters we have to take on this one, the better, right?"
"More like the entire team," Mick growled, eyes narrowed. "We don't leave our teammates behind."
"No, we don't," Palmer agreed.
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